Mission And Purpose - Publications - Faculty & Research

2022
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Investigating the Association Between Telemedicine Use and Timely Follow-Up Care After Acute Cardiovascular Hospital Encounters

By: Mitchell Tang, A Jay Holmgren, Erin E. McElrath, Ankeet S. Bhatt, Anubodh S. Varshney, Simin Gharib Lee, Muthiah Vaduganathan, Dale S. Adler and Robert S. Huckman

Background: Telemedicine use increased dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic; however, questions remain as to how telemedicine use impacts care.
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine the association of increased telemedicine use on rates of... View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Telemedicine; Health Care and Treatment; Outcome or Result; Behavior; Health Industry; United States

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Market Dynamics and Moral Dilemmas: Novo Nordisk’s Weight-Loss Drugs

By: Joseph L. Badaracco, Tom Quinn and John Schultz

Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk was owned by a charitable foundation, and since its founding in the 1920s had focused on producing insulin to treat diabetes. In 2017, however, it released Ozempic, a diabetes treatment with the revolutionary side effect of... View Details

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25 Mar 2021
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Alumni Honor Nitin Nohria and Support His Legacy

advance initiatives to serve society and to address the opportunities and challenges facing the world today,” Datar said. Broad, Versatile Support Strengthening the role business plays in society has been... View Details

14 Oct 2021
In Practice

Reunited and It Feels (Not) So Good: Tips for Managing a Rocky Return

this period of renaissance, and the fiercest labor market in recent memory, companies should take steps to redefine the purpose of the office as a tool rather than a destination. For example, the office can... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

01 Dec 2018
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Sustaining Business And Society For The Long Term

Professor Rebecca Henderson “Doing well by doing good” has rapidly gained momentum in recent years as business leaders, investors, and stakeholders have deepened their understanding of the double bottom line. To help managers combine... View Details

01 Dec 2017
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Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2017

network, has ingested every fact and message ever sent to, from, and about her innumerable users. Her capabilities astound her makers, and they don’t even know the tenth of it.... View Details

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2018 Financial Risk and Regulation Survey - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

\Government regulation is necessary and beneficial." 67% answered that the purpose of financial regulation is financial stability. Overall, 67% of respondents stated that attempts to address the factors that... View Details

29 Oct 2019
Blog Post

Merging the Worlds of Finance, Investing, and Environmental Impact

from HBS I worked at Goldman Sachs for a couple of years, where I was exposed to a couple of clean energy companies. At that point, I thought, “Hmmm. Maybe there’s a way to work on projects with a purpose you’re personally passionate... View Details

28 Sep 2023
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Meet the New HBS Team Helping Alumni Clubs and Associations to Thrive

Clubs News Clubs News Guided by Harvard Business School’s mission to educate leaders who make a difference in the world, the HBS Global Alumni Clubs & Associations Network provides thousands of opportunities to create View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; community service

24 Apr 2014
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SHE builds confidence, promotes education, and creates jobs

menstrual pads by sourcing local, inexpensive raw materials, such as banana fibers. Launched in Rwanda, the businesses are owned and operated by women and can be replicated wherever need exists. The result... View Details

01 Dec 2001
News

Reaching Out

work, nonprofit fellows contribute to and witness transformations in the lives of others — with lasting effects on their own lives as well. One day last August in rural Kharagpur, India, Neera Nundy (HBS '02) accompanied a middle-aged... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Julia Hanna; Health, Social Assistance

2013
Conference Presentation

Searching for Sustainability: Identity and Structure in Rapidly Developing Industries

By: Luciana Silvestri

Keywords: Identity; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Structure

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Responsibilities and Acceptable Use - Research Computing Services

Usage and Policies Responsibilities and Acceptable Use 9ms The HBS research computing environment, composed of a number of servers and services, is a large, shared resource... View Details

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Emerging Topics - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

among the most important tools to drive shared value in practice. Shared Value & Investors Shared value investing represents an evolution in the relationship between investors, business, and society. Shared Value by Sector: Read New FSG... View Details

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MOC Network - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

area of competitiveness. The mission of the network is to provide an institutional setting that teaches the MOC theoretical framework, generates knowledge through collaborative research, and influences... View Details

30 Nov 2016
Op-Ed

Where Could More Regulation Help Small Businesses? Online Lending.

originations, rejections, and “any additional data that the Bureau determines would aid in fulfilling the purposes of this section.” We believe that CFPB should use this authority to shine a light on bad... View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills and Brayden McCarthy; Financial Services

August 2020
Case

This Old House of Worship: St. Anthony Shrine (A)

By: Ryan Raffaelli

This multimedia case asks students to consider how leaders of non-profit organizations manage difficult financial, operational, and cultural turnarounds. Since its founding in 1947, St. Anthony Shrine had been a central partner in serving the Downtown Boston community.... View Details

Keywords: Leadership And Change Management; Turnarounds; Non-profit Management; Leadership; Change Management; Nonprofit Organizations; Management; Religion; Mission and Purpose; Transformation; Organizational Culture; United States

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18 Apr 2019
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Community Celebrates Dedication of Schwartz Common and Pavilion

by its landscape as its buildings,” said Dean Nitin Nohria. “As a complimentary network of thoughtful open spaces and architecture, the HBS campus supports and nurtures the community in living, learning,... View Details

10 Aug 2020
Blog Post

HBS Summer Fellows Focus on Racial Equity and Justice

perfect alignment of my background, skills, and passions. Cathy Chukwulebe: Launching a social enterprise is both difficult and exciting. The mission is really important to me... View Details

2020
Working Paper

Design Rules, Volume 2: How Technology Shapes Organizations: Chapter 4 The Mirroring Hypothesis: Linkages Inside and Across Transaction Free Zones

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin

A technology is a specific way to achieve a material goal. It describes a feasible path—a recipe—by which a group of people can arrive at a goal that none could achieve individually. Technical recipes thus require linkages between and among the various contributors to... View Details

Keywords: Modularity; Mirroring Hypothesis; Information Technology; Organizations

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